July Pulse Public Meeting Recap & What's Next!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the July Public Meetings regarding the Bus Rapid Transit Project in the Greater Richmond Area last week! The team is especially grateful for the meeting venue hosts, The University of Richmond – Downtown, conveniently accessible by bus, bike or vehicle. Their venue space allowed for multiple topical break-out sessions to occur simultaneously. They even welcomed the Public despite losing air conditioning mere days before the Public Meetings! We appreciate their hospitality, which went above and beyond.

Based on the increased Public attendance, though, we have outgrown the usual Public Meeting space, and will likely be moving onto larger meeting venues with bigger break-out rooms in the future.

If you missed the meeting, or want to review what you saw in the Conceptual 30% Design, we have that content online for you:

• Conceptual 30% Design: http://www.ridegrtc.com/brt/documents/
• Public Meeting #7 Materials: http://www.ridegrtc.com/brt/public-meetings/

Here are some highlight images:
• Shafer median station eastbound:

• Robinson median station eastbound:

• Rocketts Landing curbside terminus:

• Vehicle Concepts:

• And with the bike rack on the front:

So what’s next? 

• The Conceptual 30% Design will be presented to the Urban Design Committee on August 20, 2015 at 10AM. (Please note this meeting will be held in Council Chambers to better-accommodate expected attendees, rather than the usual 5th Floor Conference Room of City Hall.)
• The Conceptual 30% Design will be presented to the Planning Commission on September 8, 2015 at 1:30PM.
Both of these meetings are on the City’s Calendar here: https://richmondva.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
• Keep your comments coming! If you have public feedback regarding the concept, please email it to brt@ridegrtc.com. Public engagement and feedback has been and will continue to be a crucial part of this project’s success! 
• The team is entering another phase of Public Outreach, and your group may hear from us soon requesting to meet with you! We also welcome invitations to update your group in the Greater Richmond Area on the status of the project, receive comments, and answer any questions. Please email the team at brt@ridegrtc.com with your date, time, location and presentation length. Our team will make every effort to proactively meet throughout the community.
• The next Public Meeting is planned for October 2015 (dates, times and locations will be determined soon).